tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post6507155068679845763..comments2015-03-02T08:15:11.963-05:00Comments on In the Middle: A Holiday Gift for Anglo-Saxonists EverywhereJeffrey Cohenhttps://plus.google.com/110433684739546897626noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-72759013339359233042007-12-16T11:27:00.000-05:002007-12-16T11:27:00.000-05:00"Anyone else wonder if Frissian might now count as..."Anyone else wonder if Frissian might now count as a valid research language for Old English PhD students? Or is that too much to hope for in my Old Norse filled break..."<BR/><BR/>You could join me here in Groningen and study Old Frisian (or modern of course)! In class in Cork I was always asked to read out Beowulf in my best Frisian accent...<BR/>You could also read Beowulf in Frysk, see this page for a sample:<BR/>http://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulflettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003522787987545206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-84996617244903430212007-12-15T18:18:00.000-05:002007-12-15T18:18:00.000-05:00I learned about Mongrel Nation last year via the C...I learned about Mongrel Nation last year via the Chaucer blog. I'll likely use You Tube excerpts from it like that one in a spring course I'm teaching on transnational England.J J Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.com